Environment Archives - Oscar de Noronha https://www.oscardenoronha.com/category/environment/ I am Goan, and nothing human is alien to me… Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:16:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Environment Archives - Oscar de Noronha https://www.oscardenoronha.com/category/environment/ 32 32 Early days of Mining in Goa https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2021/07/19/early-days-of-mining-in-goa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-days-of-mining-in-goa https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2021/07/19/early-days-of-mining-in-goa/#respond Mon, 19 Jul 2021 13:42:18 +0000 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/?p=80885

One of the oldest mining concessionaires in Goa looks back on how he got into the mining industry in the 1950s.

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Ligia Noronha's appointment as UN Asst Secretary-General for Environment is also a shot in the arm for the Goan citizenry presently grappling with a range of problems. 

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The conservation of the dune-beach ecosystems is a most serious issue to be tackled.

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I was equally distressed last year, when flames consumed that country’s oldest and most important historical and scientific museum.

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Over thirty citizens, including environmentalists and social scientists, met in the city, Sunday morning, on the eve of World Forest Day, to discuss the present state of Goa’s forests and draw out comprehensive measures to preserve the existing tree cover and conduct active reforestation and afforestation programmes.

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